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A teenage gunman killed eight children and one adult at an elementary school in Serbia on Wednesday, local authorities said.
The suspect, who was born in 2009 and identified only by his initials K.K, said he was a student at the school in the capital, Belgrade, police revealed in a statement. He was taken into custody in the school’s yard.
According to the Associated Press, the massacre began at the Vladislav Ribnikar school at around 8:40 a.m. on Wednesday. The shooter, who the Ministry of Interior said was a seventh grade student, was initially reported to have fired several rounds from a gun belonging to his father. A later update confirmed eight children and a security guard had been killed, and another six children and a teacher had been wounded.